Forensic age estimation in living subjects: the ethnic factor in wisdom tooth mineralization

A Olze, A Schmeling, M Taniguchi, H Maeda… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Radiological assessment of the mineralization stage of third molars is a major criterion for
age estimation of living people involved in criminal proceedings. To date insufficient …

Developmental validation of the HIrisPlex system: DNA-based eye and hair colour prediction for forensic and anthropological usage

…, L Wirken, J Draus-Barini, L Kovatsi, H Maeda… - Forensic Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Forensic DNA Phenotyping or ‘DNA intelligence’ tools are expected to aid police
investigations and find unknown individuals by providing information on externally visible …

Relationship between respiratory muscle strength and lean body mass in men with COPD

…, M Tsutsumi, H Nakata, T Tsunenari, H Maeda… - Chest, 1995 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that low body weight may be associated with decreased respiratory
muscle function in COPD, but the precise mechanism is not known. Since body compositional …

Stability of endogenous reference genes in postmortem human brains for normalization of quantitative real-time PCR data: comprehensive evaluation using geNorm …

…, T Michiue, BL Zhu, DW Guan, H Maeda - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
In forensic molecular pathology, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)
provides a rapid and sensitive method to investigate functional changes in the death …

Studies on the chronology of third molar mineralization in a Japanese population

…, A Schmeling, BL Zhu, Y Yamada, H Maeda… - Legal medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
In Germany, a sharp increase in forensic age estimations of living individuals has been
observed in recent years. With regard to the relevant age group, radiologic assessment of the …

Postmortem cardiac troponin T levels in the blood and pericardial fluid. Part 1. Analysis with special regard to traumatic causes of death

…, S Oritani, Y Kamikodai, K Tsuda, S Okazaki, H Maeda - Legal medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
In forensic pathology, previous studies have suggested the possible application of cardiac
troponins in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. However, there appears to be insufficient …

Forensic biochemistry for functional investigation of death: concept and practical application

H Maeda, T Ishikawa, T Michiue - Legal Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
The essential tasks of forensic pathology involve investigation of the cause and process of
death, especially in traumatic and unexpected sudden deaths, largely including unwitnessed …

Postmortem cardiac troponin I and creatine kinase MB levels in the blood and pericardial fluid as markers of myocardial damage in medicolegal autopsy

…, Y Kamikodai, K Tsuda, S Okazaki, H Maeda - Legal Medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
The present study investigated cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) in
the blood and pericardial fluid from medicolegal autopsy cases (n=234, within 48h …

Postmortem cardiac troponin T levels in the blood and pericardial fluid. Part 2: analysis for application in the diagnosis of sudden cardiac death with regard to …

…, D Zhao, Y Kamikodai, K Tsuda, S Okazaki, H Maeda - Legal medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Although previous forensic pathological studies have suggested the possible application of
cardiac troponins in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, there appears to be insufficient …

Biodiesel fuels from palm oil via the non-catalytic transesterification in a bubble column reactor at atmospheric pressure: a kinetic study

H Maeda, S Hagiwara, H Nabetani, Y Sagara… - Renewable Energy, 2008 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has become more attractive recently because of its environmental benefits and the
fact that it is made from renewable resources. Transesterification of vegetable oils with short…